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US4586030A
US4586030A US06/576,000 US57600084A US4586030A US 4586030 A US4586030 A US 4586030A US 57600084 A US57600084 A US 57600084A US 4586030 A US4586030 A US 4586030A
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
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  • the present invention relates to a protective grating for guarding openings in buildings or for marking the boundaries of real property. More particularly the present invention relates to a protective grating having hollow grating rods which extend in a straight line containing an optical supervisory system which triggers an alarm signal when the grating rods are cut.
  • a protective grating of this kind is disclosed in German DE-OS No. 30 29 712.
  • the protective grating includes hollow grating rods wound in a snake-like form wherein electrical or optical leads are threaded into the hollow spaces thereof.
  • Several such protective gratings are assembled into a fence. If the grating rods of such a protective grating are cut, then the corresponding optical or electrical lead is interrupted or damaged so as to trigger an alarm.
  • an object of the present invention to further develop a protective grating of the above-described kind, so that it can be manufactured more simply, is easier to repair, and triggers an alarm at a certain degree of bending of the grating rods.
  • Such a protective grating is simple, as threading in of any leads can be dispensed with. Similarly, its repair is also facilitated. Upon destruction or damage of such a tube-shaped grating rod, it need only be replaced and when a light source of a light receiver is not operating, it can be quickly replaced in a trouble free manner. Furthermore, the supervisory system of such a protective grating responds when the grating rod is bent, since in that case light does not pass or passes inadequately to the light receiver.
  • the light sources are light diodes and the light receivers are photo diodes.
  • Light diodes and photo diodes have become inexpensive mass produced products, which have shown their operating reliability. They operate at a low expenditure of energy and can be constructed in an arbitrarily small size, depending on the requirement.
  • the sensitivity of the light receiver is adjustable, then there also results an adjustability of the sensitivity of response of the protective grating. In the event the alarm is to be triggered upon a slight degree of bending of the grating rods, then the sensitivity of the light receiver is so adjusted that a minor attenuation of the impinging light is sufficient to trigger an alarm. If, however, the response sensitivity of the protective grating is to be even less than the afore-described sensitivity, then the sensitivity of the light receiver is so adjusted that only a stronger attenuation of the impinging light triggers an alarm. This sensitivity adjustment can be simply and easily accomplished by merely exchanging the light receivers for more or less sensitive receivers.
  • the interior of the tube-shaped grating rods can optionally be provided with a protective layer to protect against corrosion. Due to the smooth surface of the interior of the grating rod resulting from such coating, an improved light behavior of the grating rod results so that it is possible to operate with precisely defined light conditions.
  • the interior of the grating rod can be filled entirely or partially with transparent material, for example, a transparent synthetic material.
  • the tube-shaped grating rods are disposed horizontally and their ends project into the hollow spaces of the fence posts. Consequently, light sources and light receivers disposed on respective ends of the horizontally-extending grating rods are protected against exterior influences, such as weather or violent forces. Furthermore, it is not possible to ascertain from an outside examination that a security fence equipped in this manner contains an electronic supervisory system.
  • the grating rods of the protective grating need not be individually equipped with light sources and light receivers, so that during subsequent use any protective grating which is destroyed or damaged can be quickly replaced by a new one.
  • the rails having the light sources or light receivers can be removed from the old protective grating and plugged into the new protective grating. If, however, disturbances arise within the region of the light sources or the light receivers, only the corresponding rail need be replaced. A time consuming search for the source of the error can therefore be dispensed with.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a protective grating according to the present invention, with the grating rods shown partially in section;
  • FIG. 2 shows an elevational view of a segment of a fence employing protective gratings according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a horizontal cross-sectional view through a post of the fence of FIG. 2 taken along line B--B' of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows a side elevational view of a post of the fence of FIG. 2 taken along the line A--A' of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 1 a protective grating, generally designated 1, consisting of grating rods 2 disposed parallel to one another, and grating rods 3 also disposed parallel to one another and extending at right angles to grating rods 2.
  • Grating rods 2 are tube-shaped and have disposed in their openings on one side of the protective grating 1 light diodes 4, and on the other side photo diodes 5. Both the light diodes 4, as well as the photo diodes 5 are connected to energy supply and signal transmission leads 6. The signals supplied by photo diodes 5 are processed in an electronic supervisory device 7.
  • protective grating 1 serves as a protection for a sky light, designated 8.
  • the protective grating operates as follows. Light diodes 4 constantly transmit light which impinges through the tube-shaped grating rods 2 at a defined light strength on photo diodes 5. If a tube-shaped grating rod 2 is bent or cut, then no light or light at an inadequate strength impinges on photo diode 5. Any deviation from the set sensitivity value of photo diode 5 is determined by electronic supervisory device 7, which, in this case, triggers an alarm.
  • the sensitivity of photo diodes 5 can be so chosen, that at a low degree of bending of grating rods 2, any light which still passes to the photo diode 5 as a result of scattering, is adequate to prevent triggering of the alarm. In this manner, the protective grating does not trigger an alarm if it is only slightly bent, for example, by children playing or by animals colliding with the grating.
  • the inner surfaces of the tube-shaped grating rods may be provided with a protective layer 9, as clearly seen in FIG. 3, so that corrosion will have no effect on a long standing protective grating and so that the light conditions remain constant over a long period of time.
  • the interior of the hollow grating rod can also be filled entirely or partially with transparent material, for example, synthetic glass, as clearly seen on the right hand side of FIG. 3 wherein the transparent material is designated 10.
  • transparent material for example, synthetic glass
  • FIG. 2 there is shown a portion of a security fence including a protective grating according to the present invention.
  • a protective grating designated 14
  • Protective grating 14 consists of upright or vertical grating rods 15 and of horizontal tube-shaped grating rods 16.
  • the lower part of protective grating 14 is also embedded in the ground.
  • light diodes 17 on one side of protective grating 14, while on the opposite side thereof are disposed photo diodes 18.
  • Light diodes 17 and the photo diodes 18 are disposed respectively on rails 19 and 20, which also contain the energy supply leads and signal transmission leads for light diodes 17 and photo diodes 18.
  • plug-in elements 21 and 22 which, in turn, may be connected to distribution boxes 23.
  • Distribution boxes 23 are disposed in the ground below the fence and are connected with one another through electrical supply and transmission cables 24.
  • Y-shaped beams 25 and 26 are provided with supervisory switches 27 and 28 supported in fence posts 12 and 13, respectively, which, in the case of any load acting thereon, trigger an alarm signal passed to the supervisory center.
  • the ends of horizontal grating rods 16 equipped with light diodes 17 and photo diodes 18 are disposed in the hollow spaces of the fence posts 12 and 13, or in Y-shaped beams 25 and 26, so as to be protected.

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US4777476A (en) * 1986-05-08 1988-10-11 Magal Security Systems, Limited Security fence
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US4936649A (en) * 1989-01-25 1990-06-26 Lymer John D Damage evaluation system and method using optical fibers
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US5049855A (en) * 1989-10-24 1991-09-17 Slemon Charles S Security screen system
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US12553243B2 (en) 2022-07-27 2026-02-17 Karen M. Sager Filtration device with step

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